A transgender woman plans to appeal a $40,000 final judgment against the Orange County Jail, for being raped in a general-population cell in 2008.
The federal civil judgment became final on Feb. 27, but the woman’s attorney said he considers the...

It might be a good idea if Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski gives FSU football coach Jimbo Fisher a call on how to handle the damage control.
Sadly, it seems that the venerable Coach K is about to enter the Jameis Winston zone when it comes to...

Two allegations of sexual assault were made publicly against former Duke men's basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon during the 2013-14 school year, the student newspaper at Duke reported Monday.
According to The Chronicle, no official complaints were filed...

Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski repeatedly refused to comment on reports of sexual misconduct by former player Rasheed Sulaimon on Monday.
When asked on the ACC Teleconference if he was aware of the allegations against Sulaimon, Krzyzewski said, "I...

A 35-year-old Kissimmee man is custody today after he was accused of performing sex acts on a teen boy and photographing the alleged victim.
Adonys Jose Abreu was charged with four counts of lewd or lascivious battery on a child and interfering with custody of a child.
The alleged victim was a 14-year-old boy, Kissimmee police said.
Police interviewed the boy because he was once listed as a missing juvenile.
The boy said he stayed at the suspect's home in the Reef Club Apartments.
"Officers...

Few people pray that their job will become obsolete. I do.
As legal director for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, which partners with the Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley and the 49 other rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania, I see many harrowing cases. Cases involving children are often extremely emotional.
We see it all. The devastation to the child, both physical and psychological. The feelings of helplessness, self-blame and fury. And the sense of betrayal when the child was hurt by...

A Roman Catholic priest in western Pennsylvania has been placed on leave due to sexual misconduct allegations dating back more than three decades.
The Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown placed the Rev. Robert Kelly on leave Friday from his role as the pastor of Saints Peter & Paul Parish in Philipsburg.
The 66-year-old priest hasn't been charged criminally. A spokesman for the archdiocese says the allegations involving minors were first made several years ago. The accusations were recently re-evaluated, and...

Nearly 800 pages of sworn statements from Casselberry police officers and employees describe the city's former police chief as a hot-tempered bully who lashed out at officers and sexually harassed female workers for years.
The accusations against ex-police Chief William McNeil were made to Seminole County sheriff's investigators, who were called in by Casselberry officials in November after the harassment allegations against McNeil surfaced.
Page after page of sworn statements, obtained by the Orlando...

The Air Force Academy will conduct a hearing to determine whether a cadet should face a military trial on modified charges of sexual misconduct.
The hearing is scheduled Monday for junior Brock W. Mangum.
Mangum was charged last year with sexual assault and abusive sexual contact against a female cadet. After a hearing in November, a military judge recommended modifying the charges, which requires a new hearing.
The Air Force says the modified charges include allegations of sexual assault and fondling....

A court on Thursday barred the former chairman of the U.N. climate panel from leaving India, where he faces charges of sexually harassing a woman at his New Delhi energy institute.
The court also said R.K. Pachauri could not be arrested until after March 27, while he undergoes hospital treatment for hypertension. But it prohibited him from entering or contacting anyone at the research and lobbying organization he heads, called The Energy Resources Institute.
Pachauri had chaired the Intergovernmental...